Paper-tray.



No. 843,933. PATENTED FEB. 12,1907.

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PAPER TRAY.

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No, 843,933. PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. F B. DAVIDSON.

PAPER TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31. 1904.

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PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907.

P. B. DAVIDSON.

PAPER TRAY. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PA ENT OFFICE.

FRANK B. DAVIDSON, OF MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HOWE. AND

DAVIDSON COMPANY, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PAPER-(TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'Feb. 12, 1907. a

i Application filed March 31, 1904. Serial No. 200,948.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, FRANK B. DAVIDSON,

a citizen of the United States, of Marseilles,

in the county of Lasalle and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Tray; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to re the letters of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in trays and other like receptacles made of pa er or other flexible sheet material, pro- 5 vi ed with a flat bottom and a rim surrounding said bottom, and the tray may or may ,not be provided with radial partitions extending from the rim to the center of the tray.

The device herein illustrated is especially applicable for use as a tray for packing in pails candies and like merchandise, and when used in this manner thetrays are filled and placed in a candy-pail one over the other, said trays thus supporting each other in the pail and serving as horizontal separators or partitions by which the layers of candy in the pail are separately supported. A device havin the same features .of construction may, owever, be used. for other purposes.

As shown in the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are the two parts of a blank constituting when folded in proper form a complete tray. Fig. 3 is a blank which is folded to constitute radial partitions which divide the tray into a plurality of radial compartments. Fig. 4 isa bottom plan'view of the tray. Fig. 5 is a top perspective view of the tray. Fig. 6 is a fra mentary central View of the central part of t e blank when partially folded. Fig. 7 is a' horizontal section taken on line 7 7 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line 8 S of Fig. 5. Figs. 9 and 10 illustrate the two parts of the blank of a form of tray varied from that previously described in the manner of fastening the rim to the bot tom. Fig. 11 is a plan View of the set-up v tray. Figs. 12 and 13 are fragmentary sections taken, respectively, on lines 12 12 and 13 13 of Fig. 11'. Fig, 14 is a fragmentary lan view of a further modified form of the ocking-fiap of the rim. Fig. 15 is a fragmentary plan view showing the manner of which engages a the other end thereof. The projections B of.

tray-rim. It is shown as circular in the present instance'and constitutes the bottom of the tray. The part B constitutes the rim of the tray and embraces an elongated strip B, having at it s lower edge a plurality of integral outwardlytapered contiguous projections B which are divided from the body of the strip by score-lines b and on which score-lines said projections are adapted to be folded'to bring said projections at substantially right angles to the body portion. Saidstrip'B is adapted to be folded into circular or other form to correspond to the shape of the tray-margin, and its ends are secured together, preferably by means of a lockin -tongue b,'at one end of locking-slit 12 adjacent to said strip B when the latter surrounds the bottom in the manner stated extend beneath saidbottom and their extremities and are inserted upwardly through a series of slits a in said bottom, the extreme ends of the points being thus located on the upper face'of said bottom. The strip B is provided between the trian ular projections B with a plurality of flaps which, as herein shown, entirely fill the spaces between adjacent projections B Said projections B are adapted to be folded at right an les to the strip B on the score-lines b and w en the rim is in place rest upon or overlap the bottom A, and thus lock the inner margin' of said bottom between the projections B beneath the same and the flaps B above the same in the manner more clearly shownin Figs. 4 and 8. The two parts A and B constitute when set up a complete tray having a single unobstructed compartment and may be thus used for somepurposes. The blank C is so formed as to constitute when folded a divider having a flat wall O adapted to rest on the bottomof the tray, as shown in Fig. 8, and provided with a plurality of radial partitions G which, as herein shown, are formed by upwardly-folded parts of said Wall, though they may be otherwise for: The particular form of separators inclosed by the outer intersecting score-lines about; 5

the j inargins at which they, are joined to nections between the; inner ends of said partii 1tions when the latter are set up, as i more shown in Fi '6 said figure indicating the herein shown isa desirable one, inasmuch as it is so constructed as to be readily and economically made. The said blank 0, from which the divider is formed, is provided with two sets of score-linesjc 0, there being three parallel lines ineach set and, the said two sets rectangular partition sections c c fwhich are ada ted to befolded upwardly at'right angles to t e blank and brought into contact with each other to"co'n'stitute 'the'partitions C while the parts 0 of the blank in the angles between said intersecting score-lines constitute the bottom wall C of the divider and an inner bottom for the tray. 'The central part of the blank- C in the rectangular space c"is divided by two right-angle intersecting lines of severance c to constitute four rec-tangular, tabs 0 0 Said tabs are joined to opposite partition-esctions c but are divided from the partition-sections of the other partitions bycuts or 's'everanc elines -c ,'said cuts or severance lines, ,together with the intersecting cuts or severance-finest, freeingi -the tabs 0 at all their margins, except- 'the-' "partition-sections before referred to. Score-lines c c extend across the bases of the tabs. When the divider'is to be setup or formed from the blank cut and scored in the ing folded'upwardly from the blankon the score-lines c. The tabs c at the center of the blank are folded at right-angles to. the partition-sections to which they are joined an d are inserted between the partition-sections at right angles to the partitions carrying the tabs, thereby constituting interlocking conclearly shown inJ F 7. The manner in which the tabs 6' aremserted between the sections of ad o1nmg part1t1ons is more clearly parts when t 'e blank is held bottom up and opposite halves of the same bent downwardly to separate the. partition-sections between I ends of the partitions engage the rim and su of score hnes intersect each other at the-cen- -ter of the blank. Between the central and .two outside score-lines of each set are formed projections B and flaps B are preferably which the tabs are to be inserted, so asto enable the tabs to be folded outwardly into con- E tact therewith, as fully set forthin my prior United States Letters Patent, No. 780,325, j issued January 17, 1905. 4

In setting up the completed tray (shown in Fig. 5) the rim section or portion is closedi about thebottom A and the triangular pro- I jecti B3. inserted into the slits a and the f app'ed-over the upper face of said 5 The-rim-strip'B is then looked I 'e said bottom, either by the tongue- I construction shown or otherwise.

Thereafter the divider. is folded in the'manner described and placed within the rim upon the upper face of the-bottom of the tray.

The divider fits so closely within-the tray as to be held therein by friction-alone. The

port the mm in a vertical position. T e score-lines .b' at the bases of'thetriangular made straight, so that when the rim isformed it Wlll assume a polygonal shape, y as dis tmguished from a true clrcle. This construction is preferable inasmuch as it prevents one parting from the spirit of the invention, and

I do not wish to be limited to such details except as hereinafter made the subject of specific claims. b

The modification shown-in Figs. 9 to 16, inclusive, is not provided with a divider, but consists merely of a flat bottom and a rim surrounding the bottom and locked thereto.

The tray shown in said figures is composed of 9 5 a rim-blank D and a bottom-blank E. Said rim-blank is provided at one of its margins with a plurality of flaps'or projections'D' D", joined to the margin of the rim by'score-lmes d. slitting the blank I) inwardly from one margin thereof, the slits d dividing the flaps or projections D which latter are shownas rectangular. The .blank is provided at each endw'ith a locking-tongue (1 each adapted to I05 enter a slit (1 at the opposite end ofthe blank. The bottom-blank E, shown as made circular, is provided with a circular series of crescent-shaped shtse, which form a plurality of tongues e. The rim-blank is fitted I 10 around the bottom-blank, with the iiaps or projections D arranged alternately aboveand below said margins in overlapping relation, and the tongues c are'bent or folded alternately above and below the bottomblank for engagement with the inner ends of I said projections or flaps of the rim. When the flaps of the rimare engaged with the tongue in the manner describedfand the rim is locked in place by engagement of the mo tongues (Z with the slits d, the rim is held securely'in place, first, by reason of the fact i that the abutting relation of the inner margins of therim-flapswith the bases of the tongues prevents the rim from shifting in- 12 5 wardly, and, secondly, by reason of the fitting of the rim-flaps alternately above and below the margin of the bottom, said rim is .prevented from rising away from the bottom. i In Figs. 14, 15, and 16 the flaps D are Said projections or fiapsareformed by ioo vID the said bottom and said bottom,

which overlap the margin of the bottom.

7 three parts,. towit, a flat circular bottom, a

enter a series of slits in I said rim being provided between said proj ections with a plurality of ilaps 2. A knockdown paper-tray consisting o'l'- rim consisting of a'straight strip bent into circular form, and Which has on its lower edge a plurality of flaps or projections ad apted for interlockingconnection with said bottom and isprovided at its ends with interlocking parts by which they are secured to-, gether, anda divider resting on said bottom i witl 'n the rim and consisting of a rimless l sheet provided with a plurality of integral upivardlyiolded parts forming radial parti- 4 tions in the tray.

3. A tray comprising a flat bottom, a rim and a divider comprising a bottom par E' which rests on the bottom of the tray, said; divider being provided with a plurality of] luralityof projections or flaps which are folr ed beneath f my invention l.

integral, radial partitions formed by folding upwardly parts of the divider, each partition comprising parallel partition-sections which are folded into contact with each other, and are provided at their inner ends with tabs for locking said partitions together.

4. A tray comprising a flat bottom, a rim comprising a strip provided with a plurality of projections or flaps which engage slits in said bottom, and with flaps adapted to-overlap said bottom, and a divider comprising a bottom which rests on the bottom of the tray and is provided with. aplurality of integral, radial partitions formed by folding upwardly parts of said divider.

5. A tray comprising a flat bottom, a rim consisting of a strip provided with a plurality of flaps or projections adapted to engage slits in said bottom, and a divider comprising a bottom which rests on the bottom ol the tray, and is provided with a plurality of integral radial partitions which are formed by folding upwardly parts of said. divider, said partitions being interlocked with each other at their inner ends and fitting closely within the rim at their outer ends.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses. this 21st d a-y of Blarch FRANK B. DAVIDSON.

Witnesses:

TAYLOR. E. BROWN, W ILLIAM L. HALL. 

